Upholstered furniture



June 10 1924.

A. LANDAU UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE Filed Feb. 8

Patented June 10, 1924.

UNITED ST FFLCE.

ALEXANDER LANDA'U,

OF ST. LOUIS,

MISSOURI.

'UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE.

Application filed February 8, 1923. Serial No. 617,686.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER LANDAU, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Upholstered Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to upholstered furniture and has special reference to the material or composite materials enclosed within the upholstery.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved material or mixture of materials for use within the upholstery of upholstered furniture, which will constitute a permanent and enduring protection against vermin, and which will serve as a germicide and vermicide not only, but as a vermifuge and thereby preserve the furniture and the upholstery against destruction by such agencies.

Another object is to provide an improvement in upholstered furniture for preserv ing the wood work and upholstery by pre venting the gathering of vermin and the like.

Other objects will appear from the following description, reference being made to the drawing in which- Fig. 1 is a sectional view of an article of upholstered furniture illustrating generally one application of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken at right angles to that of Fig. 1.

For the purposes of illustration the invention is shown applied to an upholstered chair, though it will be readily understood that the invention is not so restricted and may be used with equal advantage in all kinds of upholstered articles.

As shown in Fig. 1 the main frame of the article of upholstered furniture consists of a string frame work 1 of wood ordinarily used for such purposes. As is well known the covered frame work is usually made up of strong and comparatively inex ensive wood, it being unnecessary to use or the covered frame work wood that is adapted for use to form ornamental exposed parts of furniture, or that is capable of use to form ornamental exposed parts in any construction. So, in the present case the strong covered frame work of the furniture is made up of wood that does not possess the qualities and characteristics adapting it for use for ornamental purposes.

The frame work is constructed in any desired manner and'to the inner surfaces of the frame parts 1 a thin veneer 2 of cedar (J unipem's oirgc'm'ana) is secured which will prevent the lodgment thereon of vermin and which is destructive of larvae. A frame thus constructed is ready for the application of the upholstery and the material or mixture of materials around which the upholstery is secured. As shown, the filler comprises a mixture of materials including for the seat and back portions of a chair, for instance, a layer 3 of fibrous material such as tow, moss or hair, or a mixture of two or more of such materials. For the bottom of the chair the layer is supported by a piece of fabric l laid upon springs 5, and upon the arms of the chair the material or mixture of materials is supported directly upon and around the arm frame pieces.

Upon and commingled with the filler layer 3 is applied another ingredient consisting of shavings, chips or saw dust o cedar (J unipcrus oirgz'n'iana) the finer particles of which penetrate and permeate the mass of the layer 3.

Around the composite filler thus provided the upholstery is secured comprising an inner covering 6 of cotton and the outer covering 7 of the upholstery.

As the cedar portion of the upholstery filler preferably includes cedar wood saw dust, in addition to larger particles of cedar wood in the form of shavings, or chips, it will be seen that while the saw dust penetrates and mixes with the fibrous filler portion 3, the shavings or the like will remain and form a layer 8 between the layer 3 and the layer 6 of cotton upon whichthe chair covering 7 is secured. 1

I have found that an article of upholstered furniture including a filler of this improved form is destructive of larvae and vermin which cannot accumulate or attack the furniture. The layers of cedar applied to the ordinary furniture frame prevents the accumulation of vermin and larvae thereon and serve to destroy them in case they are there when the frame parts are assembled or made up.

From the foregoing it will be seen that my invention is a genuine protection of articles of upholstered furniture and may upon the fibrous material and extending over the entire upper surface thereof and down around the side and end portions of said mattress, said cedar shavings being of a size sufiiciently large to prevent a substantial part of the same falling through the fibrous material, and a covering for said mattress and cedar shavings.

ALEXANDER LANDAU. 

